Most eye-catching among his declarations was the decision to suspend Moscow’s participation in the New START nuclear treaty. So what does the move mean – and does it make nuclear war any more likely? He’s referring to the New START accord between the US and Russia, which limits the number of nuclear weapons the two countries can hold. Does suspending New START make nuclear war any more likely? “The possibility of the use of nuclear weapons is extremely small, and has been from the beginning.
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